, 1887-04-21
CAMPAIGN OF 1855.

The republican national campaign
| of 1883 will not down--it Is on In
spite of the leaders of the party. We
have all along regarded the long
campaign as a mistake, but there Is
no way, as far as we are informed,
to prevent people talking politics.
We do not want tho band all the
time, nor is II at all necessary to have
a torchlight procession every night,
but we do think fair and decent
discussion of national politics Will
not result in harm, but good. The
same can le said OF local affairs. But
we started in to talk u little about
national politics and the campaign
of 1883. To give the matter start
we stake our reputation as an oh
server of political events that the 'So
race vii. be very lively one.
1t Is not probable that 1t will have
the bitterness in 1t that former con-
tests have had, but there Is no doubt
but what the democratic party will
make strong effort to hold the fort
on national politics. They will be In
possession of all the Offices long be-
fore the election, and as matter OF
history, when and wherever did you
hear of a man that wanted to let gU
OF good fat office? The present in
cumbent will be renominated, that
Is unless there should be breach be-
tween him and his party that cannot
be healed. The party will have to
put Mr.. Cleveland on the ticket.
They will baye to do that
to stand the least chance OF carrying
the state of New York.
The solid south will be for him. The
cabinet Officers will be quite sure to
land their states solid for him In con-
vention. The Hill movement is a
bluff upon the part OF LOT OF disap-
pointed political professionals and
nothing more. Mr.. Cleveland knows
that the mugwumps elected him,
and he will count on it for 1888. but
we want to tell him in the REVIEWS
cold type that he is deluded man.
The men who left the republican
party on side issue have, or will
come back to 1t. The achievements
OF the republican party and its fidel-
ity to its flag are historic. 1t was
the party that had the courage to
say that slavery should not 20 into
the territories Of the north
west. For example, suppose
that Kansas had become
slave state, which the democrats
tried hard to make 1t, what would
have been its population to-day?
How many great cities would 1t
have? and how many railroads
would have gridironed its beautiful
prairies? 1t would take a day and
a year to write one corner Of the
results that would have been grown
out of permitting slavery to 60 into
the territories of the northwest.
The republican party declared that
it was not proper, wise, or prudent
to extend human slavery. The
democratic party took the very un-
democratic ground that slavery went
with the territories by virtue Of the
constitution, and that it required
legislation to keep it from gong in.
The republican party took the
opposite side of the case and
declared that freedom was national
and slavery sectional. "Space" re-
minds us we must stop this speech
and say in conclusion what we in
tended to say in ten lines--that the
campaign of 1883 is on. Who the
republican candidate Will be we can
only predict and guess. 1t looks
quite as il honest John Sherman had
the pole in the race. Harrison OF
Indiana and Allison of Iowa,
Hawley and Gresham are well spoken
of, all of whom would hold the
throttle of the government engine
with clean hand covered by a
brainy head. There are hundreds
of other republicans that would do
tho same thing we have named. The
Plumed Knight, James G. Blaine,
of Maine, would--tO use little slang
mop the United States with his
nomination. We will see you later.
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